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What is an Ileostomy?

For a lot of people hearing an ileostomy sounds somewhat strange. Well, we’ll discuss it here, and we’ll tell you just what it is, and why it matters.

This is a surgery where you create an opening within the abdominal wall. This is where the lowest part of your small intestine is brought through your abdominal wall in order to create a stoma. The stoma is actually a part of the intestine, and this is usually pinkish or red, and it won’t have nerve endings. Usually, it’s larger than it would be about 8 weeks after surgery. Sometimes it’s reversed, but oftentimes it’s permanent. Whether you have it for a short time, or for a long time, you’ll definitely want to know how to take care of this.

So why would someone have this procedure? Well cancer,
accidents, trauma, chron’s disease, and of course IBS might be a few reasons as
to why you have this.

After this, you’ll need to have an ostomy pouch, and this usually will have more of a liquid output, and it’s constant, so expect to change it more often than you would with the other procedures. There are drainable pouches that will work better in this case, and it’s encouraged to get. You should also consider getting something that works for you, and that is of course, via trial and error. Don’t be afraid to experiment with this, since you’ll want to make sure that you get the most that you can with this.

You can look at different ostomy blogs too in order to figure out how to live and move about with this, and whenever you’re in the hospital for this, it’s encouraged to ask questions about this, so that you’re able to get the most that you can from this. You’ll be able to, with this as well, get the most that you can out of it.

You can always talk to your doctor about any concerns and thus that you might have. They’re there to help, and the internet will only allow you to have so much there is a lot that you can acquire with this too, such as good resources directly from the doctor which will help you as well there is a lot of benefits to be had from this, and if you want to make sure that you have the best ileostomy possible, then it’s encouraged to do this, and to read up on this, so that you’re able to, with this as well, create a good experience for you.

You should definitely get the help you need, and get the surgery necessary to help with this and to make it so that you’re able to really improve and have the most meaningful experience.